Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events: 6 for women and 8 for men. The competition was held from October 21 to October 26 at the National Auditorium.

Contents 1 Format of competition 2 Medal Table 3 Men's events 3.1 Individual all-around 3.2 Team competition 3.3 Floor exercise 3.4 Pommel horse 3.5 Rings 3.6 Vault 3.7 Parallel bars 3.8 Horizontal bar 4 Women's events 4.1 Individual all-around 4.2 Team competition 4.3 Vault 4.4 Uneven bars 4.5 Balance beam 4.6 Floor exercise 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Format of competition

The scoring in all the events was basically the same, as for gymnastics events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals. The new feature of the competition was in women's events: each of them was judged by four judges, like men's ones. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining marks constituted the score.

[edit] Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	6	2	4	12
2	Soviet Union	5	5	8	18
3	Czechoslovakia	4	2	0	6
4	Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
5	East Germany	0	2	2	4
6	Finland	0	1	0	1

[edit] Men's events

"Prelim" value in tables below is the sum of two marks for compulsory and optional routine in the team competition on the respective apparatus, divided by two. "C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".

[edit] Individual all-around

Rank	Athlete	FX		PH		RG		VT		PB		HB		Total		Score
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
1	164 Sawao Kato (JPN)	9.75	9.90	9.45	9.55	9.70	9.85	9.35	9.55	9.65	9.70	9.60	9.85	57.50	58.40	115.90
2	153 Mikhail Voronin (URS)	9.55	9.70	9.70	9.50	9.75	9.70	9.45	9.55	9.75	9.70	9.70	9.80	57.90	57.95	115.85
3	163 Akinori Nakayama (JPN)	9.60	9.80	9.40	9.45	9.75	9.75	9.45	9.40	9.70	9.85	9.70	9.80	57.60	58.05	115.65

[edit] Team competition

Rank	Team / Competitor	FX		PH		RG		VT		PB		HB		Total		Score
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
1	Japan	48.00	48.80	46.90	47.30	48.35	48.40	47.00	47.75	48.20	48.50	47.95	48.75	286.40	289.50	575.90
	161 Yukio Endo	9.15	9.65	9.20	9.20	9.45	9.50	9.35	9.65	9.65	9.50	9.55	9.70	56.35	57.20	113.55
	162 Takeshi Kato	9.60	9.75	9.20	9.45	9.70	9.70	9.45	9.60	9.60	9.70	9.55	9.55	57.10	57.75	114.85
	163 Akinori Nakayama	9.60	9.80	9.40	9.45	9.75	9.75	9.45	9.40	9.70	9.85	9.70	9.80	57.60	58.05	115.65
	164 Sawao Kato	9.75	9.90	9.45	9.55	9.70	9.85	9.35	9.55	9.65	9.70	9.60	9.85	57.50	58.40	115.90
	165 Mitsuo Tsukahara	9.50	9.60	9.40	8.25	9.65	9.60	9.05	9.40	8.35	9.60	9.60	9.60	55.45	56.05	111.50
	166 Eizo Kenmotsu	9.55	9.70	9.45	9.65	9.55	9.45	9.40	9.55	9.60	9.65	9.55	9.80	57.10	57.80	114.90
2	USSR	47.35	47.70	47.35	47.50	47.60	47.35	47.15	47.30	48.00	47.85	47.70	48.25	285.15	285.95	571.10
	153 Mikhail Voronin	9.55	9.70	9.70	9.50	9.75	9.70	9.45	9.55	9.75	9.70	9.70	9.80	57.90	57.95	115.85
	154 Sergei Diomidov	9.50	9.45	9.50	9.50	9.60	9.45	9.40	9.45	9.45	9.45	9.60	9.70	57.10	57.00	114.10
	155 Viktor Lisitsky	9.50	9.50	9.30	9.30	9.40	9.40	9.40	9.40	9.60	9.00	9.35	9.45	56.55	56.05	112.60
	156 Valery Karasev	9.55	9.55	9.35	9.50	9.45	9.15	9.45	9.45	9.55	9.60	9.40	9.30	56.70	56.55	113.25
	157 Vladimir Klimenko	9.25	9.50	9.50	9.60	9.40	9.50	9.45	9.40	9.60	9.65	9.50	9.60	56.70	57.25	113.95
	158 Valery Ilyinykh	9.10	8.85	9.05	9.40	9.30	9.30	9.30	9.45	9.50	9.45	9.50	9.70	55.75	56.15	111.90
3	GDR	45.30	46.70	45.70	44.60	45.60	46.70	46.20	46.75	47.05	47.10	47.65	47.80	277.50	279.65	557.15
	89 Siegfried Fülle	9.15	9.45	9.05	8.25	9.05	9.40	9.35	9.45	9.40	9.45	9.55	9.55	55.55	55.55	111.10
	90 Klaus Köste	9.20	9.35	9.25	8.65	9.40	9.40	9.15	9.25	9.45	9.30	9.75	9.70	56.20	55.65	111.85
	91 Matthias Brehme	9.10	9.40	9.50	9.25	9.30	9.40	9.20	9.45	9.60	9.50	9.55	9.60	56.25	56.60	112.85
	92 Gerhard Dietrich	8.80	9.30	9.15	9.50	8.85	9.20	9.00	9.00	8.70	9.35	9.30	9.55	53.80	55.90	109.70
	93 Peter Weber	8.85	9.05	8.75	8.95	9.00	9.30	9.20	9.30	9.50	9.45	9.40	9.40	54.70	55.45	110.15
	94 Günter Beier	9.00	9.20	8.75	8.00	8.45	9.10	9.30	9.30	9.10	9.35	9.40	9.25	54.00	54.20	108.20

[edit] Floor exercise

Rank	Athlete	Prelim.	Final	Total
1	164 Sawao Kato (JPN)	9.825	9.650	19.475
2	163 Akinori Nakayama (JPN)	9.700	9.700	19.400
3	162 Takeshi Kato (JPN)	9.675	9.600	19.275

[edit] Pommel horse

Rank	Athlete	Prelim	Final	Total
1	113 Miroslav Cerar (YUG)	9.675	9.650	19.325
2	110 Olli Laiho (FIN)	9.575	9.650	19.225
3	153 Mikhail Voronin (URS)	9.600	9.600	19.200

[edit] Rings

Rank	Athlete	Prelim	Final	Total
1	163 Akinori Nakayama (JPN)	9.750	9.700	19.450
2	153 Mikhail Voronin (URS)	9.725	9.600	19.325
3	164 Sawao Kato (JPN)	9.775	9.450	19.225

[edit] Vault

Rank	Athlete	Prelim	Final	Total
1	153 Mikhail Voronin (URS)	9.500	9.500	19.000
2	161 Yukio Endo (JPN)	9.500	9.450	18.950
3	154 Sergei Diomidov (URS)	9.450	9.475	18.925

[edit] Parallel bars

Rank	Athlete	Prelim	Final	Total
1	163 Akinori Nakayama (JPN)	9.775	9.700	19.475
2	153 Mikhail Voronin (URS)	9.725	9.700	19.425
3	157 Vladimir Klimenko (URS)	9.625	9.600	19.225

[edit] Horizontal bar

Rank	Athlete	Prelim	Final	Total
1	153 Mikhail Voronin (URS)	9.750	9.800	19.550
1	163 Akinori Nakayama (JPN)	9.750	9.800	19.550
3	166 Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)	9.675	9.700	19.375

[edit] Women's events

"Prelim" value in tables below is the sum of two marks for compulsory and optional routine on the respective apparatus in the team competition, divided by two. "C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".

[edit] Individual all-around

Rank	Team / Competitor	VT		UB		BB		FX		Total		Score
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
1	49 Věra Čáslavská (TCH)	9.90	9.85	9.60	9.90	9.65	9.80	9.70	9.85	38.85	39.40	78.25
2	58 Zinaida Voronina (URS)	9.75	9.65	9.55	9.70	9.40	9.40	9.65	9.75	38.35	38.50	76.85
3	57 Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)	9.75	9.70	8.45	9.65	9.80	9.80	9.75	9.85	37.75	39.00	76.75

[edit] Team competition

Rank	Team / Competitor	VT		UB		BB		FX		Total		Score
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
1	USSR	48.45	47.70	47.10	47.95	47.50	47.45	48.10	48.60	191.15	191.70	382.85
	57 Natalia Kuchinskaya	9.75	9.70	8.45	9.65	9.80	9.80	9.75	9.85	37.75	39.00	76.75
	58 Zinaida Voronina	9.75	9.65	9.55	9.70	9.40	9.40	9.65	9.75	38.35	38.50	76.85
	59 Larissa Petrik	9.70	9.50	9.45	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.70	9.85	38.35	38.35	76.70
	60 Olga Karaseva	9.65	9.50	9.40	9.60	9.30	9.40	9.50	9.65	37.85	38.15	76.00
	61 Ludmilla Tourischeva	9.60	9.25	9.40	9.50	9.30	8.45	9.50	9.50	37.80	36.70	74.50
	62 Ljubov Burda	9.60	9.35	9.30	8.35	9.50	9.35	9.35	9.40	37.75	36.45	74.20
2	Czechoslovakia	48.55	48.00	46.80	48.65	47.20	47.30	47.65	48.05	190.20	192.00	382.20
	49 Věra Čáslavská	9.90	9.85	9.60	9.90	9.65	9.80	9.70	9.85	38.85	39.40	78.25
	50 Mária Krajčírová	9.75	9.70	8.90	9.75	9.35	9.30	9.55	9.55	37.55	38.30	75.85
	51 Jana Kubičková	9.60	9.40	8.85	9.50	9.30	9.40	9.50	9.50	37.25	37.80	75.05
	52 Hana Lišková	9.60	9.40	9.35	9.55	9.45	9.40	9.40	9.50	37.80	37.85	75.65
	53 Bohumila Řimnáčová	9.55	9.15	9.50	9.80	9.45	9.40	9.50	9.65	38.00	38.00	76.00
	54 Miroslava Skleničková	9.70	9.65	9.45	9.65	9.30	9.30	9.40	9.40	37.85	38.00	75.85
3	GDR	48.25	48.05	47.10	47.70	47.05	47.00	47.00	46.95	189.40	189.70	379.10
	65 Ute Starke	9.60	9.55	9.35	9.45	9.20	9.00	9.25	9.25	37.40	37.25	74.65
	66 Erika Zuchold	9.80	9.85	9.45	9.60	9.45	9.55	9.50	9.50	38.20	38.50	76.70
	67 Maritta Bauerschmidt	9.45	9.45	9.30	9.50	9.50	9.45	9.40	9.40	37.65	37.80	75.45
	68 Karin Janz	9.70	9.50	9.60	9.70	9.45	9.60	9.50	9.50	38.25	38.30	76.55
	69 Magdalena Schmidt	9.65	9.65	9.40	9.45	9.10	8.20	9.25	9.25	37.40	36.55	73.95
	70 Marianne Noack	9.50	9.50	8.20	9.40	9.45	9.40	9.35	9.30	36.50	37.60	74.10

[edit] Vault

Rank	Athlete	Prelim	Final	Total
1	49 Věra Čáslavská (TCH)	9.875	9.900	19.775
2	66 Erika Zuchold (GDR)	9.825	9.800	19.625
3	58 Zinaida Voronina (URS)	9.700	9.800	19.500

[edit] Uneven bars

Rank	Athlete	Prelim	Final	Total
1	49 Věra Čáslavská (TCH)	9.750	9.900	19.650
2	68 Karin Janz (GDR)	9.650	9.850	19.500
3	58 Zinaida Voronina (URS)	9.625	9.800	19.425

[edit] Balance beam

Rank	Athlete	Prelim	Final	Total
1	57 Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)	9.800	9.850	19.650
2	49 Věra Čáslavská (TCH)	9.725	9.850	19.575
3	59 Larissa Petrik (URS)	9.500	9.750	19.250

[edit] Floor exercise

Rank	Athlete	Prelim	Final	Total
1	59 Larissa Petrik (URS)	9.775	9.900	19.675
1	49 Věra Čáslavská (TCH)	9.775	9.900	19.675
3	57 Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)	9.800	9.850	19.650

Note:country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1968.

[edit] See also

• Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
• Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)

[edit] References

• (1969) The Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968. Mexico City: Miguel Galas, S. A.. 
• 1968 Olympic Games. Gymn-Forum.com. Retrieved on May 24, 2006.

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